All sorts of good reports

This morning my Aunt Marg came and picked me up and took me to her home for the day.  Mark had called me last night and told me that my doctor’s office had left a message on his phone for me to call them.  When I got to Marg’s house I called the clinic and they told me that lab results they had taken last week came back normal.  I have been fighting an illness for several months and it seems I’m finally well! Continue reading

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

Yesterday we rented a U-Haul truck and emptied out our storage unit in Oregon.  Last night we had two dinner invitations, so Mark went to Vancouver to have dinner with his daughter, granddaughter, and mother (and their spouses).  I went out to dinner with my dad and stepmother.  We both had good visits with our respective families.  Continue reading

Happy New Year!

My extended family traditionally celebrates the gift giving part of Christmas on New Years Eve.  This tradition was started when my nephew was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum.  My younger sister wanted him to associate Christmas with Christ’s birth, but decided he could start the New Year out with new things.  Hence, the gift giving on New Years Eve. Continue reading